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Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining

Virginia rates for HCPCS 87254

A laboratory test that grows a virus from a patient sample in a small vial of cells spun in a centrifuge, which drives the virus into the cells faster. A fluorescent stain is then used to identify which virus is present, and each virus looked for is billed separately. It gives an answer sooner than a standard viral culture.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Rapid Virus Culture With Fluorescent Staining cost?

$18.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.79 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$14.79$13.80 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$19.50 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $18 to $112Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $10 to $45
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $26professional $15

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$37.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$77.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$15.14
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$22.39
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$28.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$38.02
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$31.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$40.74
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$20.42

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Vermont than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Virginia· 34th of 51

$18.62

VT $33.88DC $14.79

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.